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And the most painful irony is this is getting down-voted by people who are likely convinced they're on the side of "helping the environment"...

“Equity” lmao

I’m bad at this, sometimes I struggle to convince myself I know how to try “hard” at something. Usually I just try to “try” at something hard enough that I get frustrated enough to quit or palpably get something done.

I’m not super rich but I wouldn’t call their wealth “unearned”. Why are you privy to their money?

The rich have an us vs them mentality because the media demonizes them for working hard. I dislike rich people as much as anyone but the productive response isn’t rage. Rage gives the rich even more power and reason to look for more reasons to hide their wealth and exploit.

If you’re so convinced the rich have “harmed” you why not try to move somewhere where you believe your ideals are more aligned?

No, it’s not. Rage removes the ability to discuss anything and fuels the “us vs them” mentality which has been proven time and time again to be unhealthy and NOT productive.

Yeah, unfortunately this is a sad truth.

Yeah, I really don’t understand why the bracket of “extreme wealth” is $250k? I’d be all for adding some bracket for earners over $1MM or over a certain amount of capital gains tax. However, a lot of people rely on capital gains for their retirement, so a tax on that money would negatively affect anyone who puts money in the stock market for retirement...

Taxing the super rich is a great idea, but at the end of the day the govt just needs to spend less money on programs that don’t work or aren’t needed.

I think a study of emotional fragility with the context of gender would be very helpful in identifying this modern phenomenon. Complicating modern culture in this way can not be conducive to progress or quality of life for anyone involved.

Being asked why I “didn’t understand who or how” horrible design decisions were implemented in a scrapped together ruby monolith by another team. Then being reprimanded when I was honest.

AMZN PIP / workplace principles are also in their own league of Bs.

In the U.S. it's completely legal in most states to purchase armored vehicles. Most people can't afford them since even used decade old vehicles are $300k+ . This is very similar to why it's 100% legal to purchase soft body armor even level 4 (resistant to armor piercing rifle rounds) plates. Personally, banning items like this seems backwards, since politicians and rich people can afford to hire dozens of people with assault weapons and body armor while common folk can't.

Also, claiming something is "resistant to 9mm" doesn't really mean "bullet proof". A lot of things are inherently impervious to pistol rounds, I can just about grantee 7.62x39 or 5.56x45 would sail right through the cybertruck.

I had a friend I recently had to cut ties with because he refused to seek help for mental health problems and just self-medicated with marijuana. For context, a mutual friend who owns an edibles company though he consumed too much.

Very curious of your thoughts on marijuana addiction if you’d be willing to share.

This was one of the first times I had to break off a friend because they refused to take care of their mental health. (But mostly a response to a psychotic break and political rant that I decided to walk away from instead of engage in)

Statistics and solid math / logic fundamentals.

Couldn’t one argue that they were duping the United States Government (a federal offense) and the universities they were attending with fraudulent visas?

Are Americans on average more successful at their first attempt of suicide? (obviously firearms play a part in this)

The number of times I've been cut-off or nearly run off the road by someone driving an Amazon delivery van is one too many for me to not question the real value I'm getting from Amazon Prime.

I get it, people have to make a living. But please do it in a way where I don't die because some idiot decided to endanger others for $11.50 an hour.

Well, guess I need to destroy my Bose headphones now...

I wonder if binge drinking culture is a factor here?

Good thing China has increased co2 emissions from coal equivalent to the current co2 output of all of Europe.

The US can do better, but China and much of the developing world isn’t exactly helping.

Their one problem is people absolutely hated when Bird launched in Cambridge Ma.

CA really deserves a slow clap for this one... Can't wait to see them try to regulate their way out of this bit.

I know right, I think he has a really solid network. Yet, all the interviews he set up required tech screens and seemed random. Only other info is that his first job was at Comcast of all places.

Not really, he never worked for a FAANG, only got into Cs after doing a two year program at a solid college after getting a political science degree from NYU.

This guy I know who’s 5-6 years into his career and can in 2-4 days line up 10+ interviews and has an 80%+ rate of converting offers. Even though he had a period of spending 3-4 months at four different companies.

It bows me away. That, to me at least is a rockstar programmer.

Him, Jose Valim of the Eixir project and the guy who wrote Asciinema (one of the best examples of a web / systems project written in elixir and phoenix).

I think if more people had an elementary understanding of statistics the values you mentioned would be better understood and considered in common discourse. It’s really kind of sad.

I’m actually only 3-4 years into my career.

I’ve never gotten a response from companies that claim to not do leetcode esque screens. How do you identify these companies? I’ve just used the GitHub list of “interviews without whiteboards”.

I’m still going through this process after my team at a FAANG was killed off.

Granted, I can at least get interviews. But with each rejection, even when I make it to on-sites that seem to go well, I just walk away feeling like I suck or should do something else.

It’s really hard to keep going like this at times... painful to see new grads out leetcode me / interview into FAANG right out of school :(

I think this is a uniquely western / American dilemma. I recently had an older relative decide to not proceed with treatment for stage four pancreatic cancer and my family’s response was almost of shame and aghast.

It’s still odd to me that my parents were almost offended when I signed forms that indicates I did not want to be on life support if I’m brain dead or forcibly resuscitated if I arrived at a hospital “dead”.

As someone who continues to fight depression, I don’t understand why others feel their opninions should have weight when it comes to someone else’s decision to live or not continue to live.

Citalopram also works wonders, that said it’s only half of the equation to healing your psyche.

It’s important to remember that drugs affect everyone differently. But an antidepressant can be a good first step to getting out of a rut (even if exercise for SOME is as effective).

People generally, especially in younger generations need to accept that the internet != the real world.

I’ve had a number of friends on both sides of the isle fall into the internet trap of politics, existential dread and dilution. A few to the extent of developing serious mental health problems, even college educated people.

It’s scary to watch this happen to people you know and love. Some might label me, but I enjoy not wasting time following the mainstream media / social media noise.